I Clovis King 
I was born in 0466.1 I's father was I Childeric King and his mother was Basina Von Thuringia. His paternal grandparents were Merovech King and Verica; his maternal grandfather was Weldelphus King. He had four half-brothers named Merovech King, Sigimberus I Bishop Of, Adelbert and Clovis The. He died at the age of 45 in 0511.1 General Notes
1 NAME Chlodovech I of the /Franks/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 463
King of the Salian Franks 481-486
King of the Franks 486-511
Clovis inherite d his father's kingdom in 481, at which time he unified the Salian and Ripurian Franks. In 486 he defeated the Roman general Syagrius who ruled northern Gaul out of Soissons. By 493 he married the Burgundian princess Clotilda. In 496, af ter defeating the Alamanni, he was baptized, thus becoming the first Christian ruler of post-Roman Gaul. By 506 the Alamanni were subdued, and the next year C lovis finished his expansion by taking Aquitaine from the weak Visigothic king Alaric II. On Clovis' death in 511, the kingdom was split between Chlodomer (Or leans), Childebert (Paris), Chlotar (Soissons), and Theuderic (Metz).
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King of the Salian Franks 481-486
King of the Franks 486-511
Clovis inherite d his father's kingdom in 481, at which time he unified the Salian and Ripurian Franks. In 486 he defeated the Roman general Syagrius who ruled northern Gaul out of Soissons. By 493 he married the Burgundian princess Clotilda. In 496, af ter defeating the Alamanni, he was baptized, thus becoming the first Christian ruler of post-Roman Gaul. By 506 the Alamanni were subdued, and the next year C lovis finished his expansion by taking Aquitaine from the weak Visigothic king Alaric II. On Clovis' death in 511, the kingdom was split between Chlodomer (Or leans), Childebert (Paris), Chlotar (Soissons), and Theuderic (Metz).
KIng of the Franks (482)King of the Franks
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0262 in Germany d.0358
- b.~ 0370 d.0379
- b.0395 in Westphalia,Germany d.0447
- b.~ 0376
- b.0415 in France d.0456
- b.< 0398 d.~ 0470
- b.0437 in Westphalia d.0481
- b.0419 in Westphalia,Germany
- b.0466 d.0511
- b.< 0398 d.~ 0470
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I and Saint Clotilda were married in a religious ceremony in 0493 in France. They had a son named I.
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Children
I Clothar King of Soissons
I was born in 0497. He was buried in St. Medard Abbey,Soissons,Aisne,France.
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